Crystal Phillips receives white coat at pharmacy school ceremony

2009 Oct 12

The following local resident was among the 70 College of Notre Dame of Maryland School of Pharmacy students who participated in the White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, October 3, in LeClerc Auditorium:

Crystal Phillips, a resident of Baltimore, MD

The White Coat Ceremony is the School of Pharmacy students formal induction into the profession. At the ceremony, each student received a white coat from the dean, Dr. Anne Y.F. Lin, and her/his adviser. The students then signed the pharmacy code of ethics and as a group recited the Student Pharmacist Pledge of Professionalism.

Daniel M. Ashby, senior director of pharmacy at Johns Hopkins Hospitals, was the keynote speaker at the ceremony.

The ceremony was held in early October, which is American Pharmacists Month.

College of Notre Dame of Maryland School of Pharmacy welcomed its inaugural class in August. Nearly 500 students applied for the 70 seats in the first class. Its the first pharmacy school on the campus of a womens college in the United States and the second one in Maryland. Students in the first class came from 15 states, including California, Texas, Washington and Florida.

There are four focus areas that the School of Pharmacy uses as the basis for its curriculum: leadership development; womens health across the lifespan; public health and the care of diverse populations; and professionalism.

The School of Pharmacy is a four-year, first professional degree program (doctor of pharmacy) consisting of 148 credit hours of study on campus. Experiences in clinical settings are integrated throughout the program, and the entire fourth year is dedicated to advanced pharmacy practice experiences.